La Union Conducts First Virtual Jobs Fair
By: Rowell Timoteo, GPC-PESO | Photos By: GPC-PESO | Date: May 24 and 25, 2021
As the CoViD-19 pandemic continuously affects employment and the economy as a whole, the Provincial Government of La Union (PGLU), through the Public Employment Service Office (PESO) in coordination with the Information & Communications Technology Unit (ICTU), organized and hosted the first La Union Virtual Jobs Fair 2021 interviewing 110 applicants on May 24 and 25, 2021.
More than 400 jobseekers registered online for the La Union Virtual Job Fair. The list of the jobseekers registered were then forwarded to the corresponding employers for shortlisting. On May 24 and 25, 2021, 110 shortlisted jobseekers underwent virtual job interviews with the three participating employers via video conference. Job openings available were clerical staff, audit staff, area operation specialist, field staff, cashier, receiving clerk, sales clerk, assistant store manager, sign shop artist, administrative officer, store supervisor, business center agent.
In addition, one employer who was in need of bagger, package counter, janitor, warehouseman and technician was also invited by PESO-La Union to join the job fair. The representative in-charge of the manpower pooling physically interviewed seven jobseekers on May 24, 2021 at PESO-La Union Office where all interviewees were hired on the spot.
Ms. Charito C. Dator, Provincial PESO Manager, complimented the jobseekers and the interviewers from three private companies participating in the virtual job fair and added, “Marami pa tayong mga jobs fair na gagawin...para mabigyan natin ng maraming job opportunities pa para sa ang ating mga aplikante at mga kababayan dito sa Probinsya ng La Union.”
As the La Union Virtual Jobs Fair concluded, one of the representative of the three participating agencies, Ms. Rosalie B. Castro, HR Specialist, congratulated PGLU under the leadership of Gov. Pacoy Ortega for the successful conduct of the activity and said, “It is a good initiative, and I appreciate it so much kasi kami yung nauna at hopefully meron po ulit.”
The PGLU continuously tightens partnership with agencies to find ways of initiating and improving machineries of providing opportunities for the acceleration of the employment recovery process to lift the employability status of active jobseekers in the province of La Union.
